| Literature DB >> 24854332 |
M Hufnagel1, K Sixel, F Hammer, A Kropec, I G Sava, C Theilacker, R Berner, J Huebner.
Abstract
Three different commercially available polyvalent immune globulins (IG) were investigated for the existence of antibodies against cell wall carbohydrates of four different E. faecalis serotypes (using a cell wall carbohydrate-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), and whether these antibodies mediated opsonic killing (using an opsonic-killing assay). All three IG preparations contained antibodies against all four serotypes (CPS-A to CPS-D). However, only one of the three IG preparations showed opsonic killing against all four serotypes. Average killing was higher against serotypes A and B (72 and 79 %, respectively) than against serotypes C and D (30 and 37 %, respectively). Such IG preparations could play a role as an adjuvant therapeutic option in life-threatening infections with E. faecalis, particularly when resistant strains are involved.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24854332 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0628-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infection ISSN: 0300-8126 Impact factor: 3.553